Energy
Ecuador president raises spectre of default
New socialist government drops hints that it may follow Argentina's lead and default on $10.4bn of sovereign debt - despite the nation's buoyant economic position
Trade bodies oppose split start dates
REGULATORY UPDATE
Creating the LDI infrastructure
UK pensions
The strategic option
Practitioner profile
CPPI retooled
Funds
Trading Technologies to support trading on Nybot
Trading software developer Trading Technologies (TT) has announced that from 2 February it will support electronic trading of the New York Board of Trade’s (Nybot’s) benchmark agricultural commodity products through its X_TRADER order-entry platform.
ICE/Nymex rivalry deepens over softs
Soft commodities such as coffee and sugar are the latest battleground for rival exchanges ICE and Nymex. David Watkins charts the showdown
Climate change: FSA warns of risk, predicts opportunities
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has stated in its Financial Risk Outlook 2007 report that climate change poses “considerable risks and challenges to the financial sector”.
Home help for foreign investments
China regulation
CDSs on CDOs
Isda documentation
Credit market complacency
The structured credit market has come under the scrutiny of regulators fearful that a credit downturn will bring significant systemic risk to the global financial markets. Participants in the credit derivatives market are, for the most part, nonplussed…
The evolution will be analysed
Structured Products
Nymex abandons UK exchange
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) has effectively ended its trading presence in the UK by applying for its subsidiary, Nymex Europe, to be deregistered.
Energy dominates Union address
US President George Bush has set out bold plans for renewable energy in his annual State of the Union address, but experts question whether they are realistic.
Energy dominates State of the Union address
US President George Bush has set out bold plans for renewable energy in his annual State of the Union address.
Energy dominates Union address
President George Bush has set out bold plans for renewable energy in his annual State of the Union address.